Announcements

The Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America program calendar for October includes a potpourri of topics of interest to corporate counsel.
On Tuesday, October 12, WMACCA will present its monthly IT/IP Forum, a roundtable discussion of hot topics in IT/IP law. The session will run from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the site...

The DC Bar Association this month will launch its Ins and Outs of Commercial Leasing Series.
On Monday, October 25, DC Bar will present Part 1 from 6 to 9:15 p.m., at the DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street, NW, Washington, DC.
This session will introduce participants to the commercial leasing process beginning with letters of intent (sample...

This year's Annual Meeting of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America will focus on The New Face of In-House Counsel, a concept that means while corporate practice has begun to change, corporate counsel are likely to face continuing rapid change in the future.
The 2004 Annual Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, October 24 through Wednesday, October 27...

The firm of Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. this month will be hosting a seminar titled Trademark and Copyright From the Corporate Perspective.
The program will take place on Tuesday, September 28 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Raritan Valley Country Club, Bridgewater, NJ.
This seminar is designed to show how to spot and resolve copyright issues...

The Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America this month has scheduled a half-day CLE seminar titled Essential Legal and Business Considerations for Outsourcing and Technology Transactions.
The program will take place on Tuesday, September 28 from 9 a.m. to noon at the offices of Shaw Pittman LLP, 335 Madison Avenue, New...

Massachusetts CLE this month will present a seminar titled Employment Challenges During Corporate Reshuffling.
The program will take place on Thursday, September 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at the MCLE Conference Center, 10 Winter Place, Boston.
The seminar faculty will help participants understand the new Department of Labor regulations governing exempt...

The Boston Bar Association and the Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America next month will present a CLE program titled Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel.
The program will be held on Wednesday, October 20 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston. Registration will...

The Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America and DataCert, Inc. this month have scheduled a seminar titled Getting the Right Data to Make the Right Decisions: A Practical Guide to Fiscal Performance in Corporate Legal, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance and the Value of a Legal Spend Management System.
The program will take place...

WESFACCA, the Westchester/ Southern Connecticut Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America, this month will launch its fall schedule of CLE seminars with three programs.
On Thursday, September 9, WESFACCA will present a session titled Best Practices Roundtable from 6 to 8 p.m. at Pitney Bowes, Stamford, CT. Jim Merkler of the Association of...

The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) next month will offer a 2004 version of a popular seminar, sold out in last year's presentation, titled Advice From More Experts: More Successful Strategies for Winning Commercial Cases in Federal Courts.
The program will take place on Friday, October 22 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Jury Assembly Room of the...

On Thursday, October 14, a new series of "Corporate Governance and Compliance Readiness Seminars" will kick off in the Council Room of the University Club, New York City. Co-sponsored by The Greater New York Chapter of ACC-A, McKenna Long & Aldridge, leading corporations and a variety of legal service providers, it will actively involve leading general...

The Practising Law Institute (PLI) this month is offering a telephone briefing titled Protecting Corporate Intellectual Assets: Enforcing Restrictive Covenants in the Employment Context.
The briefing will take place on Thursday, August 12 from 1 to 2 p.m.
The presenter is John Siegal, senior counsel at Proskauer Rose LLP.
For details on registration...

The New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) has released a report addressing the issue of alleged conflicts of interest among judges in New York County, the report of the Task Force on the Judicial Selection Subcommittee on Disqualifying Economic Interest, which was approved by the NYCLA Executive Committee on June 22.
The report responds to the...

The New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association (NJCCA) has firmed up plans for its Second Annual Conference, a day-long program next month covering a potpourri of topics of interest to corporate lawyers and featuring a luncheon address by New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey.
Seminars are scheduled on Thursday, September 23 from 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the...

Commercial arbitration will be examined this month by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (ABCNY) in a video replay of a CLE seminar titled Practicing Commercial Arbitration Today - 1st Class Justice.
The program will take place on Tuesday, August 17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the House of the Association, 42 West 44th Street, New York City...

Codifying its long-standing commitment to diversity in the legal profession, the Boston Bar Association's governing Council has unanimously endorsed a formal diversity policy. In its statement, the BBA reaffirms its belief that a diverse membership and staff are essential for effective participation in the legal community.
The diversity policy was...

Massachusetts CLE (MCLE) this month is offering a seminar titled Fiduciary Duties of Directors, Officers and Owners of Closely Held Businesses.
The program is scheduled for Thursday, August 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the MCLE Conference Center, 10 Winter Place, Boston.
Panelists will help attendees sharpen their skills in identifying, avoiding,...

Many attorneys, especially those in their early years of practice, become involved with nonprofit boards without understanding the numerous obligations associated with this service and the potential penalties for disregarding these obligations.
This issue will be the focus this month of a Massachusetts Bar Association CLE seminar titled Serving on...

Massachusetts CLE (MCLE) this month is planning a seminar titled Private Equity and Venture Capital Financing.
The program will take place on Monday, August 9 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the MCLE Conference Center, 10 Winter Place, Boston.
Attendees will learn how venture capital firms and private investors structure and negotiate their investments; what are the...

The New York State Bar Association on Friday, October 22 will present a special CLE program titled Advice From More Experts: More Successful Strategies for Winning Commercial Cases in Federal Courts.
All registrants will receive a copy of the critically acclaimed six-volume treatise Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, published by the...

Northstar Conferences LLC next month has scheduled its 2004 General Counsel Institute under the theme Building a Better Legal Department - Best Practices in Achieving Peak Performance.
The event, which features several concurrent sessions targeted to the needs of the general counsel and top managers in today's legal departments, is set for Tuesday and...

The Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) this month with present a CLE seminar titled How to Produce Successful Outcomes in Any Conflict, Mediation or Negotiation at three separate locations.
The program is scheduled for Wednesday, August 11 at the Holiday Inn I-275 North, Cincinnati; on Thursday, August 12 at the OSBA offices, 1700 Lake Shore Drive,...

The South Florida Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America will present its Corporate Counsel Institute 2004.It will take place on Thursday, September 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Wyndham Ft. Lauderdale Airport, 1870 Griffin Road, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Co-sponsors for the event include West Group, Special Counsel, Holland &...

The Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) this month has scheduled a CLE seminar titled Fair Labor Standards Act - New Regulations.
The program will be presented at two locations, on Wednesday, August 18 at the OSBA offices, 1700 Lake Shore Drive, Columbus, Ohio, and on Wednesday, August 25 at the Forum Conference Center, Cleveland. Each session runs from 1:...

The Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America (NEOACCA) this month is offering a pair of CLE seminars covering the latest developments on issues of interest to in-house counsel.
On Thursday, August 12, the chapter will present Litigation Developments Every Corporate Counsel Needs to Know.
This program will address...